The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TT was Boston woman who refused to buy
some sucar-cured hams the other day on the
ground that she never bought anything that had
been diseased For YOU know she said that
even if it has been cured some hidden germs OF
disease may still linger in IT,
THERE are two Knights of the Iron Cross now
living in Berlin who took part in the war of lib
Grafton against Napoleon Bonaparte One is
the Emperor. The other is an ex-tax collector
named Friedrich Willie. a jovial Old fellow, now
in his 95th year. Martin PndOr. who died early
il March, was another veteran of the anti Napo>
comic wars. He claimed to be l03 years old.
few days before his death he was acting as
railway servant.
ONE of the colored porters of parlor car
company was tried before Justice Henderson, OF
Meridian, Miss. recently, on an affidavit made
against him by the Meridian Temperance Re-
form Club, charged with selling liquor in the
cars contrary to law The accused was fined
small amount and imprisoned for one hour
The comp9uy has instructed their employees not
TO sell any more liquor in the cars in the dry
counties of Mississippi.
A youth of tender years, who, it would seem,
had his lines fall in pleasant places, was asked
the other day what he preferred to be when he
grew to be a man. Without loss of time for
idle thought the observant yOungster replied:
Why, letter carrier, OF course, He Is the
happiest man about; everybody smiles at him;
| everybodyS waiting for him and says something
| pleasant to him. and he is always sure of nice
| Christmas present, MY mind S MADE up, ana
| I'm going to be q letter carrier.
HERE is q story of childish precocity, illus
trating the way these little ones puzzle their
! elders The incident took place only few days
| ago in Boston. Pater familias, in a spirit of
! mischief, attempting TO contound the
| knowledge of his 6yearold by asserting that the
| face of clock was not a face. because it did
| not have eyes: but the alphabat was fresh in the
| child's memory, and she Immediately upset her
! parent S argument by pointing triumphantly TO
| the Roman numerals III upon the dial, with
| convincing, ''Oh, yes, they have; there are two
| Is"
THE Interstate Commerce Commission is
| interesting body. Little Judge Cooley sits at
the head of the table and presdes with calm
| dignity. He is a small physically, with
| gray hair and beard, and wears gold-rimmed
| spectacles. Morrison and Walker cannot sit
| still for any great length of time, They are the
| humorists of the body. They have struck up a
great friendship. Bragg and Schoonnaker are
| solemn and stately and remain quietly seated
| opposite Judge Cooley for hours without
stirring. The Commissioners have SO far SHOWN
| great capacity for hard work and do not hurry
| over details.
"A SOBER, intelligent man, and not inclined TO
be superstitious." and who acts as a Waterman
on the Boston and Providence railroad at the
point where the bridge disaster lately occurred,
rushed into a police station the other night half
dead from fright TO escape what he believed 10
| be a long nGufe, ike LDdt OF a WOHidn, WHICH
| had pursued him with gliding, noiseless mo-
| ton from his post to the police station. lie
| says that when he first saw it he determined TO
tackle it," whatever it might be- until he OBJ
| served that he could see the street lamps shin
| ing through its body like a window" The
Waterman was confined to bed next day from
the fright.
THE following has often been told as joke,
but it really happened in a downtown cigar
store the other day. A gentleman whom we
| will call Smith was buying Zoe. cigar when
seedy acquaintance who may be called Brown,
| came in and was invited by Smith TO have
| cigar. He of course accepted the cigar and
Smith laid down zoe in payment. At this point
| Brown got in his fine work. Turning to the
| dealer he asked if the cigars just bought We're
| not sold at the rate of three for quarter. On
the dealer replying that they were, he fished out
nickle, and laying it on the counter remarked:
We'll then, I'll take the third cigar, if it is all
the same to YOU And he did, to the unspeak-
| able establishment of Smith and the dealer
GERMAN PAPERS call to mind that Kaiser
| Wilhelm in his 80 years has survived no fewer
than seventy-two reigning sovereigns who were
| his contemporaries, viz: Fifty-two kings or
queens, eight emperors, six sultans and six
| popes. OF these three were Kings of Prussia,
| Frederick William IL. Frederick William III,
| Frederick William "; two were Kings of Han
| over, two Kings of Wurtemburg, four Kings of
| Bavaria, three Kings of Saxony, one King of
| WeStphalia jerome Bonanarte) one King of
| Greece, one King of the Belgians, three Kings
of Holland, three Kings of England, three Kings
| of France, five Kings of Sweden, four Kings of
Denmark, three Tor four Soyereigns of Portu-
gal, five Sovereigns of Spain, five Kings of Sar-
| dina, six Kings of Naples, two Emperors of
| Austria tone of whom was the last of the former
line of German Emperors) two Emperors of
| France, four Cars of Russia He has also
survived twenty-one Presidents of the United
States.
Miss MAZDA CRAIGEN, says a correspondent,
has again figured actual heroine on the
stage in parJ not down onsthe bills. In "a
Scrap of Paper at the Boston Museum, she
| plays the role of "Mathilde and makes her
first entrance in a riding habit, running merrily
| in from door at the back of the stage. AT
| this point last evening" says Boston Post
writer, ''she tripped at the doorway and landed
| almost in the middle of the stage with violence
| that must have been in the highest degree I'M
| pleasant There just an indication of
| ggsge from the audience at her mishap. but it
was instantly drowned in burst of applause
| as Miss Craigen rose, bowed and went bravely
| on with her part. The whole incident showed at
once the courage of the actress and the good
breeding of the audience. could not help recall
ing at the moment Miss Craigen brave act on the
| opening night of 'Harbor Lights when she ran
! in from the wings TO eXtingush lamp that had
fallen on the stage, and the thought occurred TO
! me woman of so plucky a spirit as hers could
not but succeed in the career she has under
| taken
The either pronounced tzit-ter) is an instru-
ment which has of late been engrossing the at
tention of quite number of people, and bids
fair to become popular in fashionable circles
In European cities it has attained unusual prom
! inence and won well-merited distinction while
| in this country, for lack of good teachers, il has
failed to receive proper attention. Its name is
derived from the Greek (kitharal the precise
shape or which is not known. but it is supposed
to have resembed the Tyre in construction IL
! has been said that Franz List was very fond of
| the Instrument. 1t has been wonderfully i'm
! proved within the last half century, and to-day
! IS as complete as any instrument of its kind
! known TO the world Its qualities are rare
having a degree Of refinement and deli
cacy possessed by no other instrument ex
cept the human voice or the violin. 1t. like
other musical instruments Of the higher order
has its techDcalities. being capable of portray
ing variety of emotion and expression if man
ipulatcd by tirst-class performer. It's advanta-
ges are many, being small in compass easily
carried from place to place, especially adapted
TO parlor amusement and furthermore com
prsing in itself melody, bass and accompani
inent. According 10 the form of to-day the n
| a!umcnC has five melody-strings. tuned in
ilfthS, comprising in the chromatic order
range OF four octaves and two or three semi
tones, and twenty-five or more bass and accom-
paniment strings also tuned in flfths, compris
ing a range automatically of two octaves or
more. II has created quite an interest among
the ladies, being well adapted to leisure mo-
mentS, and will in q short time become a favor.